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Curtis Pashelka on the San Jose SharksSun, 18 Feb 2018 03:30:00 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.5By: new mgmthttp://blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks/2010/03/03/on-trade-deadline-inaction-the-blueline-situation-vlasics-progress-and-nabokovs-new-mask/comment-page-3/#comment-191992
Tue, 05 Jun 2012 02:47:04 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks/?p=2983#comment-191992it is sad having to read tweedledum and tweedledee trying to convince themselves that their beloved teal Wilson’s are worth anything while the LA Kings are sticking it up their kazoo.
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Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:54:03 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks/?p=2983#comment-86221I am not really sure if best practices have emerged around things like that, but I am sure that your great job is clearly identified. I was wondering if you offer any subscription to your RSS feeds as I would be very interested and can?t find any link to subscribe here.
]]>By: hockeyplayerhttp://blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks/2010/03/03/on-trade-deadline-inaction-the-blueline-situation-vlasics-progress-and-nabokovs-new-mask/comment-page-3/#comment-57226
Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:54:04 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks/?p=2983#comment-57226JSJ,

I am local in SJ. I’ll ponder this issue and regardless, hopefully we can share a beer during the SCF.

As for the intangibles, could not agree more. that is my main point about Slowe and Jumbo. Neither seem to posses that something that will align the team with them, or some people would say behind them, and have the rest of the team believe they are going to the SCF. I think no one can argue against Jumbo being one of the most dominate players in the regular season. It is the playoffs were all the questions arise. Let’s face it, reputations are made in the playoffs. For that matter, entrance to the HOF is solidified in the playoffs.

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Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:46:20 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks/?p=2983#comment-57215hockeyplayer — you know, I’ll let you determine what is fair for the bet. Just know that the intangibles, a lot of the time are the difference makers in the playoffs. Also consider the role he’s being asked to play come playoff time. 2nd line scorer? 3rd line grinder? 4th line checker? It’s all relative.

Are you local? I don’t know how well Molson ships across the country or if it has to go through customs, etc…

Agreed. That is why I suggested to O’Puck a combination of points(or lack thereof) and some subjective blogging commentary from the community.

I am open to suggestions on how to quantify the bet.

As for monumentally different, I disagree. I believe Slowe does not do all of the intangible things that he was projected to do. I will give you that he trys most of the time. Yet for whatever reason, he is unable to curl out of the corner with the puck, then drive the net and either score or set up a team mate. I am not even sure he a a pure grinder type. To me, he looks lost a lot of the time. I do think he is trying his very best, and giving all that he has. to me, his very best does not = 3.65m per year, and that is where my issue lies. At 2.0m per year, I love clowe.

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Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:36:53 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks/?p=2983#comment-57206hockeyplayer — I’m in. I think that your view and my view are monumentally different. I’m not strictly a points guy. It’s the things that are done away from the puck… the willingness to take a hit to make a play, pick an opponent to free one of his teammates, etc.

I don’t think that total points would hold up in a bet and you and I both have bias views on things so I don’t know how to make a fair bet. I’m willing to come up with some sort of criteria if you are.

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Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:34:30 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks/?p=2983#comment-57205A comment for those of you who think Seto or Clowe or any other Shark should have been traded before the deadline this season: keep in mind that any trade runs the risk of messing up team chemistry and potentially damaging the organization’s good reputation across the NHL players’ group. First, consider what the Sharks have done since last year’s playoff failure. There are a lot of new faces on the roster heading in to this year’s playoff run – so I think they have already made it clear to the players that playoff failure puts your job at risk. Second, I suspect that they have made a commitment to the returning roster players from last year that they’re being given one last chance to prove that this group can be playoff winners. Shipping off key guys at the trading deadline would probably be seen by the players as the Sharks organization waffling on that commitment. I think that would be damaging to the organization’s reputation and this is why DW chose not to move any of the players who are still here from last season.

I could be off-base on this, but that’s the way I see it.

Thoughts? Comments?

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Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:19:20 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks/?p=2983#comment-57181Part of me is glad that DW didn’t make any trades at the deadline, considering how the last few have turned out. Ugh!

And part of me is wondering if the existing crew has what it takes…or rather, if they’re willing to use what they say they have at the time it’s needed most.

Guess we’ll find out soon. Only 19 games to go ’til the pudding gives us the proof…or doesn’t. Hmmm.

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Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:26:52 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks/?p=2983#comment-57178agree, Wings don’t really count as west coast… EST and original six especially.
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Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:21:38 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks/?p=2983#comment-57177Näslund re Seto
Can’t agree re trading Seto. Agree he’s inconsistent, but he’s got ginormous upside. Inconsistency isn’t the best, but in a way I’d rather have inconsistent serious skill, like Seto displayed in P3 of the Devils game, then the same scoring spread out evenly over the season.

Why? Because it puts the fear in the opposing team, and they can’t let up because they never know when he’ll break out of his cold period. Also, I think that Seto’s scores really helped fire up the rest of the Sharks in that game.

Remember, the Heater isn’t always red hot. He heats up now and then and torches you, and in the meanwhile the opposing team always has to have their best D against him.